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I am aware of this very similar question:

But I have tried with 3 different mouses and everyone of them exibit the same behavior. Simple enough, 1 out of 3 times I get a double click when single clicking).

I searched the net a lot about this problem and have yet to find a solution.

I have tried:

  1. switch to another mouse

  2. uninstall the mouse drivers + reboot

  3. I do not have any special mouse drivers/software like intellisense and logitecs to uninstall.

  4. verified that I was not in fact on some setting that says open files with single click.

  5. everything is up to date including a antivirus

  6. Installed fresh drivers from dell's website

It is a dell vostro 260 computer running windows 7 pro 64. edit: added a 6th thing I tried. edit2: tried reinstalling every windows update I could find nothing Boss just said he'd buy me a logitech mouse hoping the drivers will fix my problems. Hopefuly!

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Answering myself since this is what fixed it in the end. So in the end buying a new logitech mouse and installing its drivers seems to have fixed the issue. At least for now. Thanks for everyone who tried to help.

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With all the steps you've described and a few assumptions ("everything up to date" includes drivers, the mice themselves are known-good and work OK on other computers), the only remaining significant possibilities are:

  1. The USB connections: Make sure you tried the different mice on different USB connections. If there are PS2 connectors and you have a PS2 mouse to try and it works there, the problem is probably with USB on the computer.

  2. The OS: Try reinstalling the latest service pack or running a repair of the OS (you'll need the OS disk to do this) or a System File Check (in Command prompt run as Administrator type sfc /scannow to have the OS check all critical system files).

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I figured out that switching the left click with right click was not causing the problem of file opening at single click (Control Panel → Devices and Printers → Mouse → Mouse Settings → Button Settings → switching primary and secondary buttons.

There was a defect in the left click of the mouse.

I changed the mouse (both are from HP – same make). Now everything is fine. So, it was the left click button of the mouse that was defective and causing the problem. Change the mouse with a new one.

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